lorddwarf Loc: Linden, Va

The set-up: A political party is insistent that both the United States government and its citizens accept that party's economic, social, cultural, and governmental ideology. That party's agenda is rejected by the voters in a national election, at which point the leaders and followers of said political party begin to actively work to impede and interfere with the legitimately elected government. So, where are we?
We are in the year 1860 and said political party is (of course) the Democrats. The problem was that the Democrat's entire way of life was propped up by the abomination of slavery. The result of their discontent was the Civil War.
Jump ahead to now. Once again the Democrats are insistent that the entire country adopt their agenda or suffer the consequences. Are we headed for another civil war? Such an idea seems unfathomable and yet the Democrat's "resist" rhetoric and active civil disobedience, and their talk of secession and withholding tax payments could be early 1861 all over again. The only real difference (besides the actual issues at stake) between now and then was that then, the Democrats only wanted acceptance of their values by the rest of the nation, not wholesale adoption.
So, my question to Democrats is, why are you so sure that your ideas and policies are the only correct ones now? You were horribly wrong in 1860; you could be wrong again.

Quakerwidow Loc: Chestertown, MD

Um: are you certain the reference shouldn't be to 8 years of obstruction by Republicans?

lorddwarf Loc: Linden, Va

We didn't break things, threaten to secede or withhold taxes. We didn't riot or refuse to obey the law.

moldyoldy

Your head was in the sand

Rivers

Yours has always been there, with the exception of the times it is up your ass.

Wolf counselor Loc: Heart of Texas

YOUR head is permanently ensconced in your rectum........................spook !